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The British AI Action Plan: "More than £14 Bn worth of investment and thousands of new jobs"

"Three major tech companies - Vantage Data Centres, Nscale and Kyndryl - have committed to £14 Bn (€16,72 Bn) investment to build the AI infrastructure the UK needs to harness the potential of this technology and deliver 13,250 jobs", says the British government on 13/01/2025 in its AI Action…
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• Category(ies): Companies, State, Deeptech, …
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Universities alliances: "Synergies between EU, national and regional funding are necessary" (EC)

"Synergies between various sources of EU-level funding, and leveraging national and regional funding, are necessary for efficiency gains across all the missions. For the alliance’s ambition to materialise, a new conducive framework is needed under the next Multi-annual Financial Framework", can…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
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Manuel Heitor "disappointed" by the leaked document on EC plans for R&I

"I'm clearly disappointed with the small steps being taken in the Competitiveness Compass. The hope is that the next steps will be sharper to really align act and accelerate Europe towards a more innovative context. My understanding is that the Compass is just a very initial step and we look…
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Trump's first actions: Screen international students, end DEI initiatives and freeze NIH activities

The American Department of Education will dismantle its DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) initiatives, it announces on 23/01/2025. This is the result of several executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, who called DEI programmes "dangerous, demeaning and immoral", three days after his…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
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Erasmus+ : five recommendations for fairer, simpler and more sustainable students grants (The Guild)

"There is a clear call to make mobility a norm. However, several challenges persist - the lack of funding, housing issues, recognition of mobility periods, embedding mobility into curricula, etc.", states The Guild in a position paper dedicated to the forthcoming Erasmus+ programme, and more…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, European commission, …
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Exclusive "Need of feedback to explain the European University initiative better to Member States"(R. Minzatu)

"While the European University initiative is only five years old, it is progressing well. But there is still much to do. I need inspiration and feedback from your experiences to explain the concept better to governments and member states, gain more support, and improve the funding", says Roxana…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 27/01/2025

Leru, CE7, AACSB... these institutions host events from 27/01/2025. News Tank's agenda aims to provide an overview of the events taking place in Europe's higher education, research and innovation ecosystem. We focus on: • events taking place in Brussels or related to European…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
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Eutopia project on lifelong learning (Flecslab): A "first step" to respond to labour market's needs

"Developing high-level and future skills for a wide range of learners, including lifelong learners, is important to go from lifetime employment to lifetime employability and increase the diversity of students in accordance to the needs of the labour market", says Nicoletta Merlo, National Head of…
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• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , European commission, Universities, …
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Meeting between The Guild and VP Roxanna Minzatu: "The main topic was the Union of Skills"

"With Roxanna Minzatu, the main topic was the Union of Skills, because she has to present a new strategy within her first 100 days. We were really pleased that she invited the higher education sector to be part of this. The fundamental question for us was how universities can best be part of that…
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Exclusive Alliances, Bologna process, lifelong learning... Topics discussed between the EUA and Roxana Minzatu

"The discussion with Vice President Roxana Minzatu covered many topics, especially the European Universities Alliance initiative, which is a flagship priority", states Josep M. Garrell, President of the EUA, to News Tank on 17/01/2025. Roxana Minzatu, Executive Vice-president for Social Rights…
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